For automotive purists, sticking with a manual transmission is the way to go and anything with two pedals or less is considered sacrilege. But what if your only (official) option is an automatic gearbox, should you feel ashamed and let those purists clang the bells while calling shame on you? Well, in the case of the Suzuki Swift Sport (ZC33S), Suzuki’s Malaysian distributor, Naza Eastern Motors only offers the 6-speed automatic variant. The more enthusiast-approved 6-speed manual transmission i

Hybrid cars are not new to Malaysians, seeing that they have been available in Malaysia for roughly 15 years with the introduction of the FD-generation Honda Civic Hybrid. And today, hybrids are even more popular, as manufacturers like Honda, Toyota, and Nissan all offer at least one hybrid model in their line-up here in Malaysia. More recently, Perodua has thrown their hat in the ring with the 2022 Perodua Ativa Hybrid. On one of the presentation slides that Perodua showed, the second national

The Toyota Rush and its twin, the Daihatsu Terios are seen as pioneers in the booming 7-seater SUV market in Indonesia but with the current generation being on sale for 5 years, a replacement is due. There are rumours that the successors could wave goodbye to the rear-wheel-drive (RWD) layout in favour of front-wheel-drive (FWD) just like the Toyota Avanza/Veloz and Daihatsu Xenia. According to OtoDriver, there’s also a huge possibility that the Toyota Rush name itself might be discontinued. How

Mercedes-Benz Group (formerly known as Daimer) has confirmed that the next generation 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC (X254) will make its world debut in June. The company also said that the outgoing X253 generation Mercedes-Benz GLC is still selling well and is now the company’s most important volume seller, contributing 20 percent of Mercedes-Benz’s global sales (as of Q1 2022). Also read: Q1 2022 was the best-ever quarter for Mercedes-Maybach, up 161 percent Mercedes-Benz has recently released a set o

Volvo Malaysia has quietly updated the Volvo XC60 T8 with a larger capacity battery at 11.6 kWh, compared to 10.4 kWh previously, and a newly designed Orrefors crystal gear knob. Apart from those, both the T5 and T8 variants gain a net pocket on the transmission tunnel for the passenger side. The exterior colour lineup has also been revised. Gone are the Maple Brown and Luminous Sand colours, replacing them are Osmium Grey and Bright Silver. Specifications wise, it remains unchanged from before,

Yesterday, news of a Perodua Myvi plunging into a 3 metre deep sinkhole in Jalan Maharajalela in Kuala Lumpur broke the Internet. It didn’t take long before Dr. Strange-inspired memes flooded social media. The memes were funny, but the driver of the Perodua Myvi could have been seriously injured by the sinkhole. Fortunately she was unscathed but surely it must have been a traumatic experience. We now learned that although there was absolutely nothing that the driver could have done to avoid the